African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022

Lot 1279

An Iatmul suspension hook

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £50

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Description

An Iatmul suspension hook

Yentchan Village, Middle Sepik River, Papua New Guinea

inset cowrie and operculum shells,

48cm high.

Provenance

Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.

Collected in 1974.